Rob & Romesh Vs: Magic in Vegas
9pm, Sky Max
Road-trippers Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan start their new series in Las Vegas, where they do a crash course in magic, with a view to performing with Penn and Teller. Rob is amusingly hopeless, coming perilously close to causing Teller to break his famous vow of silence. But he soon discovers a gift for mentalism, while Romesh proves a dab hand with a pack of cards. The level of enjoyment largely depends on your fondness for the bantering pair themselves. Phil Harrison
The Great British Sewing Bee
9pm, BBC One
Functional fashion this week for the semi-final. The contestants have to whip up a classic trenchcoat and a bespoke boiler suit, as well as tackle a tricky transformation challenge: turning cleaning paraphernalia (think scourers and rubber gloves) into something wearable. Katie Rosseinsky
Death on the Tyne
9pm, BBC Two
This feature-length spoof of luxury whodunnits (originally aired on Gold) sees put-upon coach tour operators Gemma (Sian Gibson) and Terry (Johnny Vegas) sniffing out a serial killer on a ferry from South Shields to Amsterdam. A stellar supporting cast – including James Fleet and Sue Johnston – helps keep things afloat. Graeme Virtue
Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure
9pm, ITV1
The actor’s decadent journey through the developing world continues to delight and discomfort in equal measure. She heads to Madagascar on the trail of the world’s best vanilla, and dives into the desperate search for gold. She also witnesses the island’s traditional martial art, Moraingy. PH
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
10pm, BBC Three
A triple bill polishes off season three. After an unsubtle episode in which her grandma becomes a weed dealer, the show veers into sentimental meta-comedy when Nora meets Awkwafina and is made to reassess her life. The simple pleasures of family and community, always a strong subtext, are loudly celebrated. Jack Seale
Untold: Men for Sale – Life of a Male Escort
Midnight, Channel 4
A documentary about young men who work as escorts, for different reasons. From “gay for pay” Danny to Tom, who is basically doing it for a laugh, and Rueben, who aspires to the top end of the industry, they are a varied bunch. PH
Film choice
The Deepest Breath (Laura McGann, 2023), Netflix
There is awe-inspiring beauty and the darkest peril in the ocean’s depths. Both feature in Laura McGann’s involving documentary, which tells parallel stories about the record-setting Italian free diver Alessia Zecchini and the Irish safety diver and coach Stephen Keenan. Through interviews, archive footage and reconstructions, the joys and dangers of competitive free diving in some of the world’s most stunning locations – and the couple’s tragically brief relationship – are brought to light. Simon Wardell
The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019), Film4
This wonderfully atmospheric yarn of lighthouse-keepers in extremis is a tale right out of the pages of Moby-Dick – with added mermaids. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star as a grizzled old sea dog and his callow assistant, stuck together for four weeks on a remote island where the only other company, seemingly, is the wind, the incessant rain and the odd annoying gull. But isolation can do strange things to a person’s mind … Robert Eggers’s black-and-white two-hander is a fervid, brilliantly realised nightmare, featuring whole-hearted performances by both actors. SW
Live sport
Test cricket: England v Australia, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event Day one of the fourth Test in the five-match series at Old Trafford.
